NYSTCE ATAS NYSTCE Mathematics 4 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A student is asked to round 4.785 to the nearest hundredth. What is the correct answer?
- 4.7
- 4.78
- 4.79 (Correct answer)
- 4.8
Correct answer: 4.79
The digit in the thousandths place is 5, so round up the hundredths digit from 8 to 9, giving 4.79.
Question 2: Which of the following numbers is prime?
- 15
- 21
- 37 (Correct answer)
- 49
Correct answer: 37
37 is only divisible by 1 and itself, making it prime; the others have additional factors.
Question 3: A class has 24 students, and 3/8 of them are wearing glasses. How many students wear glasses?
- 6
- 8
- 9 (Correct answer)
- 12
Correct answer: 9
3/8 × 24 = 72/8 = 9 students.
Question 4: Which of the following correctly converts 3 kilometers to meters?
- 30 meters
- 300 meters
- 3,000 meters (Correct answer)
- 30,000 meters
Correct answer: 3,000 meters
There are 1,000 meters in 1 kilometer, so 3 km = 3 × 1,000 = 3,000 meters.
Question 5: A student calculates the mean of 10, 20, 30, and 40. What is the mean?
- 20
- 25 (Correct answer)
- 30
- 35
Correct answer: 25
Mean = (10 + 20 + 30 + 40) ÷ 4 = 100 ÷ 4 = 25.
Question 6: A teaching assistant is reviewing order of operations. What is the value of 3 + 4 × 2 − 1?
- 13
- 10 (Correct answer)
- 14
- 12
Correct answer: 10
Using PEMDAS: multiply first (4 × 2 = 8), then 3 + 8 − 1 = 10.
Question 7: A shape has 6 faces, 12 edges, and 8 vertices. What 3D shape is it?
- Triangular prism
- Rectangular prism (Correct answer)
- Square pyramid
- Cylinder
Correct answer: Rectangular prism
A rectangular prism (cuboid) has 6 faces, 12 edges, and 8 vertices.
NYSTCE ATAS NYSTCE Mathematics 4
A student is asked to round 4.785 to the nearest hundredth.
What is the correct answer?